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The government in Prague has decided to scrap licence fees for Czech Television (ČT) and Czech Radio (ČRo). In future, the two broadcasters are to be financed by the state budget, but will receive less money than before. The opposition says the government is seeking to gag these key media outlets. Commentators are also critical of the move.

Details of the framework agreement to end the war, which the US and Iran intend to sign in Geneva on Friday, have not yet been made public. The two sides have presented slightly different versions of the content. There are open questions regarding the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's nuclear programme and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon. The press sees numerous pitfalls.

The Monastery of the Caves, a Unesco World Heritage Site, was hit by Russian drones during a large-scale attack on Kyiv on Monday. The roof of the Dormition Cathedral, which dates back to 1073 and was rebuilt in the 1990s following its destruction by the German occupiers in 1941, was set ablaze.